Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Mary for the Dying
This prayer asks Our Lady’s intercession for contrition and the sacraments at the hour of death. Viaticum is Holy Communion for the dying; Extreme Unction is the source’s traditional name for the anointing of the sick.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 821.
O Mary, conceived without stain, pray for us who fly to thee. Refuge of sinners, Mother of those who are in their agony, leave us not in the hour of our death, but obtain for us perfect sorrow, sincere contrition, remission of our sins, a worthy reception of the most holy Viaticum, the strengthening of the sacrament of Extreme Unction, so that we may be able to stand with safety before the throne of the just but merciful Judge, our God and our Redeemer. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 821.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- This prayer asks Our Lady’s intercession for contrition and the sacraments at the hour of death. Viaticum is Holy Communion for the dying; Extreme Unction is the source’s traditional name for the anointing of the sick.
- Prayer intention
- Contrition and sacramental help at death.
- When to pray
- When preparing for death or praying for someone who is dying.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 821. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer to Mary for the Dying
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 821.
O Mary, conceived without stain, pray for us who fly to thee. Refuge of sinners, Mother of those who are in their agony, leave us not in the hour of our death, but obtain for us perfect sorrow, sincere contrition, remission of our sins, a worthy reception of the most holy Viaticum, the strengthening of the sacrament of Extreme Unction, so that we may be able to stand with safety before the throne of the just but merciful Judge, our God and our Redeemer. Amen.